The Quartermaster General wrote R. J. Meigs about the restitution claim of Thomas Hord for the use of his home Elmwood as a hospital after the Battle of Stones River. Claim mentions thousands of pounds of cotton used as bedding for the wounded....

Excerpts from the diary of William Luther Bigelow Lawrence. He details joining the Nashville Guards, the scarcity of provisions, and the surrender of Nashville. He proclaims the trampling of private rights by Federal soldiers, the fleeing of his...

Cold snap has brought the temperature to 15. LVF is bringing in the wood for her fires herself as they have some bad wood. Her shoulders need to be broad & strong but they are not. LVF did not write of their anniversary on the 12th as it was dull...

In this entry Lucy Virginia writes of robbers attacking and threatening Beersheba Springs. Apparently robberies have been committed on unoccupied cottages where blankets, bedding, china and clothing have been taken. However the area is well...

In this entry Lucy Virginia writes of robbers attacking and threatening Beersheba Springs. Apparently robberies have been committed on unoccupied cottages where blankets, bedding, china and clothing have been taken. However the area is well...